{"id":34761,"date":"2024-02-12T10:05:56","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T08:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=34761"},"modified":"2024-02-12T10:05:56","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T08:05:56","slug":"hoerskool-zwartkop-impress-at-30th-st-andrews-squash-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=34761","title":{"rendered":"Ho\u00ebrskool Zwartkop impress at 30th St Andrew’s Squash Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: Charles Corbett Photography.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 30th edition of the Saint Andrew’s Squash Festival<\/strong>, hosted by St Andrew’s School<\/strong> in Bloemfontein<\/strong> over the weekend, delivered high-quality squash from South Africa’s leading squash playing schools. Although a winner is not determined \u2013 teams play different opponents \u2013 last year’s national champions, Ho\u00ebrskool Zwartkop<\/strong>, showed they remain the team to beat in 2024.<\/p>\n

Zwarries faced some stiff opposition and came through with flying colours. Their opener against St Andrew’s School A, who finished second in South Africa last year, was made a little easier with Saints missing their number two player, which meant a shift up for their number three and so on down the line. And there was also the not so small matter that Saints had lost two SA Schools players from last year’s lineup.<\/p>\n

Zwartkop claimed a 5-1 win in that fixture and swamped St Dominic’s College<\/strong> 6-0 in their second outing on Friday. On Saturday, up against two strong teams, they beat King Edward VII<\/strong> (KES)<\/strong> 5-1 and Selborne College<\/strong> 4-2. They kept their record clean with a 6-0 win over Kearsney College<\/strong> on Sunday, in their final outing.<\/p>\n

That loss was the only one that Selborne, one of the traditional powers, suffered during the event. They handled St John’s College<\/strong> A 5-1, Pretoria Boys High<\/strong> A 5-1, Bishops Diocesan College<\/strong> 6-0 and St Andrew’s School A 5-1 in their other ties.<\/p>\n

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The team captains, St Andrew’s Headmaster Roland Rudd, and the local organising committee. (Photo: Charles Corbett Photography)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Michaelhouse<\/strong> put their hands up with an impressive set of results. They won 4-2 against Pretoria Boys High<\/strong> A, handed Grey High<\/strong> a 5-1 defeat, outplayed St John’s College<\/strong> A 6-0, drew 3-3 with a full-strength St Andrew’s School, and shared another 3-3 draw with KES.<\/p>\n

KES, apart from their loss to Zwartkop, produced a solid set of results, beating Grey High 4-2, St Andrew’s School A 4-2 and Grey College<\/strong> 4-2, before finishing with a 3-3 draw with Michaelhouse.<\/p>\n

In numerous instances, however, the overall results do not do full justice to the hard-fought nature of the individual matches, with a 3-2 scoreline being a regular occurrence.<\/p>\n

Many of the players will return to Bloemfontein within a matter of weeks, with the Bloemfontein Junior Open, one of the largest squash tournaments in the world, set to take over the city’s squash courts from 29 February to 3 March.<\/p>\n

The event will also be under the administration of Margo Morgan<\/strong> and Calvin Deutschmann<\/strong>, the organisers of the Saints Squash Festival.<\/p>\n

RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday, 14:15<\/strong><\/p>\n

St Andrew’s School A 1-5 Ho\u00ebrskool Zwartkop
\nSt Andrew’s School B 6-0 Parktown Boys’ High
\nSelborne College 5-1 St John’s College A
\nGrey High 2-4 King Edward VII
\nMaritzburg College 5-1 Queen’s College
\nMichaelhouse 4-2 Pretoria Boys High A
\nKingswood College 0-6 Pretoria Boys High B
\nKearsney College 4-2 Grey College
\nWestville Boys’ High 4-2 Bishops Diocesan College
\nSt Dominic’s College 4-2 St Stithians College
\nSt Andrew’s College 4-2 Paul Roos Gimnasium
\nGlenwood High 1-5 St John’s College B<\/p>\n

Friday, 19:15<\/strong><\/p>\n

St Andrew’s School A 2-4 King Edward VII
\nSt Andrew’s School B 3-3 Bishops Diocesan College
\nKearsney College 3-3 St John’s College
\nPretoria Boys High B 5-1 St John’s College B
\nPretoria Boys High A 1-5 Selborne College
\nGrey High 1-5 Michaelhouse
\nSt Andrew’s College 6-0 Glenwood High
\nPaul Roos Gimnasium 6-0 Kingswood College
\nWestville Boys’ High 4-2 Grey College
\nHo\u00ebrskool Zwartkop 6-0 St Dominic’s College
\nMaritzburg College 5-1 St Stithians College
\nParktown Boys’ High 0-6 Queen’s College<\/p>\n

Saturday, 09:30<\/strong><\/p>\n

St Andrew’s School A 3-3 Grey High
\nSt Andrew’s School B 5-1 St John’s College B
\nMichaelhouse 6-0 St John’s College A
\nHo\u00ebrskool Zwartkop 5-1 King Edward VII
\nKingswood College 1-5 Parktown Boys’ High
\nSt Andrew’s College 2-4 Maritzburg College
\nKearsney College 1-5 Pretoria Boys High A
\nGlenwood High 1-5 Pretoria Boys High B
\nGrey College 4-2 St Dominic’s College
\nSelborne College 6-0 Bishops Diocesan College
\nWestville Boys’ High 4-2 St Stithians College
\nPaul Roos Gimnasium 3-3 Queen’s College<\/p>\n

Saturday, 14:30<\/strong><\/p>\n

St Andrew’s School A 3-3 Michaelhouse
\nSt Andrew’s School B 5-1 Glenwood High
\nMaritzburg College 1-5 Grey High
\nPaul Roos Gimnasium 2-4 St John’s College A
\nKingswood College 3-3 St John’s College B
\nGrey College 2-4 King Edward VII
\nKearsney College 5-1 St Stithians College
\nSelborne College 2-4 Ho\u00ebrskool Zwartkop
\nParktown Boys’ High 0-6 Bishops Diocesan College
\nSt Dominic’s College 3-3 Queen’s College
\nWestville Boys’ High 1-5 Pretoria Boys High A
\nSt Andrew’s College 6-0 Pretoria Boys High B<\/p>\n

Sunday, 08:30<\/strong><\/p>\n

St Andrew’s School A 1-5 Selborne College
\nSt Andrew’s School B 0-6 Maritzburg College
\nSt John’s College B 0-6 St Andrew’s College
\nKing Edward VII 3-3 Michaelhouse
\nKingswood College 2-4 Glenwood High
\nGrey College 1-5 Pretoria Boys High A
\nParktown Boys’ High 0-6 Pretoria Boys High B
\nGrey High 5-1 St Stithians College
\nSt Dominic’s College 1-5 Paul Roos Gimnasium
\nQueen’s College 3-3 Bishops Diocesan College
\nKearsney College 0-6 Ho\u00ebrskool Zwartkop<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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